Friday, 11 January 2008 @ 4:18pm.
In the September 2007 edition of Reader’s Digest, author Jeanne Marie Laskas answered some of life’s toughest questions:
Does money really buy happiness? — “No. Because happiness isn’t for sale. Many people get tripped up by this one, amassing wealth only to find themselves cycling into a bottomless pit of unsatisfiable yearning. As it turns out, joy and misery are not that far apart when it comes to very big wads of cash… When it comes to happiness, only people you love, and who love you, can bring it. If you have enough cash to buy yourself a luxurious yacht, but no real friends to sail with, you’re sunk.”
Should you ever reveal a secret? — “It’s a matter of damage control. Is the person who asked you to keep the secret in danger of hurting himself or others? If so, intervene. Otherwise, mum’s the word.”
Why do we turn into our parents when we swore we wouldn’t? — “Because really, when all is said and done, we admire them.”
Do animals have a sixth sense? — “Or seventh or eighth! A box jellyfish has 24 eyes, an earthworm’s entire body is covered with taste receptors, a cockroach can detect movement 2000 times the diameter of a hydrogen atom - and your dog’s sense of smell is up to 100,000 times greater than yours (some dogs have been known to smell human cancers). It’s safe to say that animals experience a very different world from ours.”
